Hindu Gods in an American landscape: changing perceptions of Indian sacred images in the global age
"In India, Hindu images have been cast for millennia through the lost wax process and brought to life by priests, becoming not merely venerated icons but actual embodiments of gods. Second and third generation Hindu Americans have increasingly adopted a more worldly perspective toward religious...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Jefferson, North Carolina
McFarland & Company, Inc. , Publishers
[2019]
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Hinduism
/ Religious art
/ Reception
B USA / Hinduism / Gods / Transnational policy / Globalization |
| IxTheo Classification: | AF Geography of religion BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism KBQ North America |
| Further subjects: | B
Hindu sculpture
B Usa B Idols and images B Symbolism B Sculpture B United States B Hindu symbolism B Hinduism B Hindu gods B Divinity |
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